4D mapping cancelled, twin prototypes arise

Our 4D mapping call did not attract the response we were waiting for. Perhaps the excitement around was gone (we have been doing 4D mapping in other projects), perhaps we were too busy on campus with the end of term, marking and so on. May there was too much caution.

Anyway, we met and those empty chairs somehow challenged us to face ourselves and lead whatever the universe was asking us to lead, even if there were different things. And then something happened. Perhaps we had been stopping each other, because then we gave ourselves the license to move on. And we realized again that (as we saw in early April) the initial intention was being manifested in two different but related prototypes, with elements in common and distinctive features. Twins, two seeds for the emerging future, both embodying the core idea of “reclaiming time for research and transformation”.

The first one is the “weekend retreats for educators”, and we already have a date and a place. We have also decided how to pay for it, and how to facilitate it. So it’s moving forward nice and easy. More about it soon in this blog.

The second one was not in the initial plan but just before Easter there was a funding opportunity for research groups in the University of the Basque Country. One of us seized the opportunity and applied with a proposal to host “5-day residencies for researchers”, which we discussed also during the 2x journey. And this proposal got the funding, so it’s also being developed with a new extended team crossing several disciplines (the Basque name for the team, ZEHAR, means just that: across).

So right now, we are heads on developing twin projects AND reconnecting with the sources of motivation that brought us here in the first place. Pregnant with life, hope and the excitement of the months to come.